General Information

Serial #

7783067

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

1.0 cm

Width

41.3 cm

Height

28.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dynalogic

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1977-C.1984

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS USED BY VALERA ELECTRONICS OF OTTAWA TO PROGRAM NRC EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS, UNDER LICENSE TO MRC. LATER IT WAS USEDIN AN OFFICE FOR GENERAL ACCOUNTING. DONOR PURCHASED IT WITH THE INTENTION OF CONTROLLING MODEL RAILROAD SWITCHES.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE CONTAINING A MICROPROCESSOR WHICH ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS COMPUTING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO PROGRAM EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS, & LATER FOR OFFICE ACCOUNTING.

Technical

REPRESENTS A CANADIAN ATTEMPT TO MARKET A MICROCOMPUTER USING AN ADVANCED ICU CHIP. USED TO DO PROGRAMMING UNDER LICENSE & LATER FOR OFFICE ACCOUNTING, IT WAS REPLACED BY AN IBM XT COMPUTER/ DYNALOGIC WAS AN OTTAWA FIRM BEGUN IN 1973 (REF.2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STICKER ON BACK READS: 'Dynalogic Corporation Limited/ Ottawa Canada/ Model No. 7042a/-Serial No. 7783067/ 115 Volts 3.5 Amps 60 Hz/ Made in Canada/ WHITE 'Dynalogic Corporation Limited' ON FRONT, ALSO WHITE LOGO CONSISTING OF 'd' & 'Dynalogic'/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT, BLACK ON BACK

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE/ LACKS KEYBOARD & MONITOR

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING BACK & FRONT, WITH TEXTURED GREY SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE HOUSINGS/ BEIGE PAINTED CASING SIDES/ RED, WHITE, & BLACK CONTROL SWITCHES & KNOBS

Decoration

N/A